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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (20 Sep 2023)

Charles Flanagan: 17. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking to assist the advancement of democracy, the upholding of the rule of law, and the protection of human rights in Kosovo; to outline the position of the Government on the recent Kosovo-Serbia dialogue process and the need to hold Serbia to account for its destabilising actions and consequent impact on the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (20 Sep 2023)

Charles Flanagan: 18. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the position of the Government on the current UK government legacy Bill; and if an international legal challenge will be mounted. [39759/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (20 Sep 2023)

Charles Flanagan: 35. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish passports issued to applicants providing principal place of residence addresses in the United Kingdom, specifically detailed as: Northern Ireland; England; Scotland; and Wales, for each of the past six years. [40653/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (20 Sep 2023)

Charles Flanagan: 44. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures that are being taken to improve the waiting times for those availing of works under the free energy upgrade scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39862/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (20 Sep 2023)

Charles Flanagan: 90. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to expand the national local hackney pilot to rural areas across County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39880/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Northern Ireland (20 Sep 2023)

Charles Flanagan: 680. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will outline, in the light of the recent UK government decision to carry out a fresh statutory investigation into the 1998 Omagh bombing atrocity, how she proposes that the Government will respond to such an inquiry; if she will accept that the most appropriate response would be the setting up of a parallel statutory...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (20 Sep 2023)

Charles Flanagan: 780. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline in detail his proposal for the future of the forestry sector, with particular reference for plans to plant 8,000 hectares of land each year for the foreseeable future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40296/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (20 Sep 2023)

Charles Flanagan: 909. To ask the Minister for Health if, in view of limited evidence in respect of the use of puberty blockers for the treatment and care of children, he will establish an independent external evidence review of the use by the HSE of a discredited clinic (details supplied), which treated hundreds of Irish children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39750/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (20 Sep 2023)

Charles Flanagan: 1017. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the model of care, assessment procedure, governance structure and legal and service arrangement in place between the HSE and a private gender service clinic in Antwerp, Belgium (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40560/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (20 Sep 2023)

Charles Flanagan: 1018. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the existence of a funding arrangement under the EU cross-border healthcare directive between the HSE and a private gender service clinic (details supplied) in Antwerp, Belgium. [40570/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Implementation of the Recommendations of the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Charles Flanagan: I have received apologies from Senator Ó Donnghaile. I welcome from the Department of Defence, Ms Jacqui McCrum, Secretary General; and from the Defence Forces, Lieutenant General Seán Clancy, Chief of Staff. They are here to brief the committee on the implementation of the recommendations of the report of the Commission on the Defence Forces, with a particular focus on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Implementation of the Recommendations of the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Charles Flanagan: I do not doubt that at all. If you raise your hand, you will be invited to participate in the usual way. I welcome the ambassador, H.E. Ms Mari Skåre, and the other members of the public to the Gallery. With that, I invite the Secretary General, Ms McCrum, followed by Lieutenant General Clancy, to make their opening statements.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Implementation of the Recommendations of the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Charles Flanagan: Thank you very much. A number of members are offering. Deputy Carthy was first to indicate but I am conscious that Deputy Cronin said earlier that she would have to leave.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Implementation of the Recommendations of the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Charles Flanagan: You might even provoke me to change my mind.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Implementation of the Recommendations of the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Charles Flanagan: Thank you, Deputy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Implementation of the Recommendations of the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Charles Flanagan: We will have a number of members ask questions before we go to the Chief of Staff and Secretary General for a response. Deputy Stanton raised issues earlier that we will come to now. He will be followed by Senators Joe O'Reilly and Ardagh and Deputy Cronin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Implementation of the Recommendations of the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Charles Flanagan: I thank the Senator. We have a lot of questions there from Deputies Carthy and Stanton and Senator Joe O'Reilly. I will hand back to our guests to deal with them in an apportionment that they feel appropriate, after which I will call on Senator Ardagh and Deputy Cronin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Implementation of the Recommendations of the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Charles Flanagan: Having regard to the number of specific and detailed questions from Senators Ardagh and Craughwell, we will take those now before coming back to Senator Wilson and Deputy Berry.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Implementation of the Recommendations of the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Charles Flanagan: That completes that round. I am conscious of the time and I am conscious that three members still have some questions or observations. I will go to Deputy Cronin. I apologise for the earlier confusion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Implementation of the Recommendations of the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Charles Flanagan: Maybe Deputy Berry might like to get written replies to the questions as opposed to-----